I do not think we should send a student in space because it is pointless and may be dangerous. FIrst, sending a kid in space would be pointless because they have to have many years of training. You pretty much have to have a colledge degree to go to space and i doubt any student our age has a colledge degree and is old enough to take is serious. If I went into space, I would be tempted to moonwalk and jump and play around in space, and i think no different that other kids would want to. Seccond, If we send a kid in space, his body might not be fully developed which means bad things may happen to him. Also, most diseases travel to kids, so the chances of him/her getting sick in space is alot greater than the average adult. Last, if we send a kid up in space and he dies his parrents will be real sad where as a grown man maybe doesnt have parrents and grandparrents, so that means one less person will be crying. Also, if the kid dyes, he could have had a great life and had a job and did a bunch of things but if he is dead, he wont be experiencing those opportunities. We could have used this genius of a kid for other things besided going into space and dying, he could have found a cure for cancer, but we wont know if he ever did because he would be dead. If we ever send a student in space, I hope they know it will be dangerous and pointless and a waste of a brillient child.